Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-172"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security of energy supplies, particularly gas2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.19.2-172"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-1732
lpv:speaker	lp:Toomas Hendrik Ilves2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, contrary to opinion, including opinion within this Chamber, the Ukrainian gas crisis was not a one-off, first-time event justified by the need to move to market policies. On the contrary, it is a consistent policy and has everything to do with politics. First, Ukraine had a contract, signed in 2004 and lasting until 2009. It was terminated because Ukraine elected the wrong president and because of forthcoming parliamentary elections. Second, the Russian Government is the majority shareholder in Gazprom, a monopoly headed by the deputy prime minister. It is not a company. One cannot speak of market prices and a government-controlled monopoly in the same breath. Third, the one-off issue: Moscow stopped oil and gas deliveries to stymie Lithuania’s independence movement way back in 1990. After independence, the Russian Government used the same weapon to punish the Baltic States for not joining the CIS and for demanding the removal of Russian troops. When Lithuania tried to privatise the Mazeikiu oil refinery, again supplies were cut off so that Russian investors could move in. It successfully followed the same policy when it came to Georgia, which gave up its gas pipelines. To sum up, Russia has consistently used a government-owned monopolistic energy company to put political pressure on countries – market practices and existing contracts be damned. Empiricism is wiser than wishful thinking. The experiences of the new Member States, and of Ukraine and Moldova when they adopted a pro-EU stance, clearly show the dangers of lacking a robust EU policy on energy security."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2006-10-08)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2006-10-08)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2006-10-08)3 vice-chair; AFET (2004-07-22--2006-10-08)3 unknown; Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (2004-07-20--2006-10-08)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-09-29--2006-10-08)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2006-10-08)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Toomas Hendrik Ilves (PSE ). –"1

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